Snap said today that its Snapchat+ paid plan has more than 3 million users. At its Snap Partner Summit event, the company added that in the coming days, Verizon users will have the option to buy Snapchat+ subscriptions through the carrier’s subscription store called +Play. The company launched the paid tier last June and expanded […]
Snapchat+ subscription now has more than 3 million users by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
What do you do when the lights go out? When the snow became too much for the power lines as a kid, I remember candles and Primus stoves. In today’s world of high-tech electrification, we’re going in a slightly different direction and Dabbsson today announced its new Portable Home Backup Power Ecosystem, which harnesses the […]
Dabbsson’s new Home Backup Power Station are here to keep your lights on by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch
The concept of taking existing properties and repurposing them is not a new one. After all, Airbnb is a high-profile example of people turning vacation homes, for example, into revenue generators when they’re not using them. The end result is that travelers have far more options today than they used to when choosing where to […]
Opendoor alums raise $15M for Kindred, a home-swapping network by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch
E-scooter manufacturer Unagi has had a busy month. Just a couple weeks after bringing its Model One Voyager scooter to market, the company says it closed a large funding round and secured Best Buy as a scooter subscription partner. The $29.3 million round is a combination of equity and debt. The $17.3 million in equity […]
Unagi secures Best Buy as e-scooter subscription partner by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
One day, my dream would be to create my own startup in the U.S. Is there any groundwork I am allowed to lay to make my dream come true?
Ask Sophie: Can I launch a startup if I’m in the US on a student visa? by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch
There’s a lot of hype around owning your own digital identity, but there’s a lot of growth needed to expand the sector and protect people.
Digital identities might be the best way to prove who you are online by Jacquelyn Melinek originally published on TechCrunch
Many apps today assume that data lives in only one location, typically a single cloud database. But the reality is more complex. Thanks to the proliferation of mobile devices and cloud infrastructure — the latter of which accelerated during the pandemic — apps now need to store and process data in more places, from the […]
Ditto raises $45M to help companies keep their data in sync by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
Isaac Heller and Amir Boldo spent over ten years in finance across private equity-backed and pre-IPO companies. At these firms, they dealt with CFOs who wanted to save money by consolidating manual processes and reducing the cost of audits — in part by modernizing their sprawling software tooling. It’s their experiences with CFOs that led […]
Accounting automation startup Trullion lands $15M investment by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch
There have been more than 171,000 people in the tech industry laid off so far this year, according to data tracked by layoffs.fyi, but those looking for work are not in a ‘beggars can’t be choosers’ mindset. According to new data from LinkedIn, people are gravitating to workplaces that align with their values, and their […]
Amazon tops LinkedIn’s list of best places to work, jobseeker priorities shift to workplace culture by Ingrid Lunden originally published on TechCrunch